Police: Pay

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what  (a) total and  (b) average overtime payments were for police officers in each police force area in England and Wales for each year since 1997.

Tony McNulty: Data on police overtime is produced by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. Police Officer overtime for 1997-98 to 2006-07, broken down by police force areas, is shown in the table. The average overtime payment can be calculated by dividing the overtime payment by the official number of Police Officers for that year (using Home Office figures) and is shown in the table.
	Data on police overtime is produced by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy—Police Officer overtime for 1997-98 to 2006-07, broken down by police force areas is shown in the table.
	
		
			  Overtime spend £000 
			  Force  1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Avon and Somerset 2,835 3,103 4,054 3,443 5,112 7,000 6,899 6,870 5,351 5,801 
			 Bedfordshire 1,603 2,132 2,372 2,709 3,992 4,106 4,708 4,693 4,181 4,398 
			 Cambridgeshire 2,008 2,081 2,279 2,920 4,102 5,175 4,238 — 5,550 4,976 
			 Cheshire 2,946 2,875 3,406 3,175 3,200 4,751 4,261 3,278 3,951 5,275 
			 City of London 1,554 1,386 1,934 2,065 2,375 2,602 2,135 2,185 1,955 1,096 
			 Cleveland 1,691 1,986 2,713 2,096 2,996 4,035 3,479 2,188 4,038 4,834 
			 Cumbria 1,256 1,376 1,865 1,730 2,095 __ 2,314 2,201 2,317 2,042 
			 Derbyshire 2,108 2,287 3,512 2,718 3,278 4,010 3,542 4,009 3,822 3,778 
			 Devon and Cornwall 3,634 3,988 4,653 4,831 7,658 6,441 5,476 6,026 6,566 6,568 
			 Dorset 1,606 1,619 1,812 1,976 2,233 2,880 2,790 3,581 3,089 3,413 
			 Durham 2,046 2,550 2,835 2,538 3,083 3,151 2,868 3,325 3,158 3,221 
			 Dyfed-Powys 1,437 1,504 1,582 1,694 2,017 2,458 1,794 1,936 2,163 2,724 
			 Essex 4,983 6,117 7,204 8,708 8,401 10,601 8,678 10,444 10,688 10,944 
			 Gloucestershire 1,625 1,826 2,416 2,209 2,337 3,257 3,430 2,766 3,273 2,854 
			 Greater Manchester 7,907 8,902 13,999 12,518 15,981 19,438 14,727 16,138 16,226 22,671 
			 Gwent 1,788 1,954 2,934 2,993 3,020 3,184 4,077 3,447 4,123 3,993 
			 Hampshire 6,016 7,367 8,322 7,109 8,557 11,603 9,703 11,818 11,243 12,001 
			 Hertfordshire 2,907 2,806 3,840 7,056 — 9,036 7,494 6,854 6,576 6,742 
			 Humberside 3,046 3,304 4,259 4,486 5,760 5,790 5,375 5,896 5,991 7,461 
			 Kent 4,984 5,307 6,695 6,941 7,420 10,301 9,523 9,877 11,405 11,992 
			 Lancashire 4,006 4,853 3,360 4,772 6,773 9,595 7,758 7,057 7,226 7,349 
			 Leicestershire 2,634 2,787 3,122 2,946 3,305 4,404 4,123 4,342 4,720 4,482 
			 Lincolnshire 1,781 1,702 2,380 2,945 2,537 3,199 2,193 2,856 2,345 2,214 
			 Merseyside 6,372 8,411 9,207 8,848 10,455 11,144 11,637 12,577 12,103 11,215 
			 Metropolitan Police 57,483 61,816 83,713 94,930 96,428 112,228 132,815 135,717 150,274 136901 
			 Norfolk 3,260 2,826 3,694 3,848 3,737 3,884 3,653 3,950 3,640 3,374 
			 North Wales 1,798 1,798 2,389 2,594 2,740 3,446 3,885 3,403 4,099 2,767 
			 North Yorkshire 2,111 2,364 3,048 3,738 3,584 3,534 3,199 3,690 4,889 4,352 
			 Northamptonshire 1,865 2,181 2,157 2,197 — 2,688 1,311 2,991 2,246 834 
			 Northumbria 5,037 5,007 3,970 4,421 4,776 6,217 6,452 7,395 7,736 8,135 
			 Nottinghamshire 2,215 2,660 3,567 3,210 4,304 4,626 — 6,782 5,886 5,091 
			 South Wales 2,599 2,805 3,845 4,181 3,993 4,977 5,328 6,291 5,002 6,473 
			 South Yorkshire 5,661 5,712 6,218 5,605 — 8,097 7,601 8,962 9,467 9,605 
			 Staffordshire 3,080 3,347 — 4,664 5,089 7,580 6,241 5,973 6,054 5,210 
			 Suffolk 1,304 1,421 1,367 1,760 1,775 1,815 2,031 2,171 2,041 3,467 
			 Surrey — 2,457 3,999 5,028 5,674 6,573 5,676 6,228 6,322 6,354 
			 Sussex 3,985 3,753 — 14,418 8,159 6,098 7,971 8,887 8,213 7,271 
			 Thames Valley 7,408 6,919 7,713 8,381 12,052 12,006 11,504 12,345 11,810 15,897 
			 Warwickshire 1,077 1,372 1,585 1,773 1,811 2,207 1,945 2,279 3,056 3,207 
			 West Mercia 2,654 2,896 3,088 3,837 4,495 4,857 4,503 4,491 4,107 5,237 
			 West Midlands 8,657 10,283 9,838 11,366 — 18,785 16,637 18,009 23,496 20,081 
			 West Yorkshire 6,461 5,365 6,746 7,322 11,839 13,510 10,997 13,549 13,323 13,244 
			 Wiltshire 1,408 1,535 2,028 1,850 1,770 1,940 1,440 2,430 1,903 2,385 
			  Source:  CIPFA Police Statistics: Actuals 2006-07 1997-98 
		
	
	 (b) The average overtime payment can be calculated by dividing the overtime payment by the official number of Police Officers for that year (using Home Office figures).
	 [Official Report, 21 January 2008; Vol. 470, c. 14MC.]
	
		
			  Average overtime per officer 
			  Force  1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Avon and Somerset 949 1,043 1,352 1,173 1,727 2,261 2,191 2,020 1,581 1,712 
			 Bedfordshire 1,466 1,977 2,278 2,635 3,853 3,841 4,257 3,974 3,441 3,671 
			 Cambridgeshire 1,542 1,611 1,788 2,361 3,165 3,800 3,062 — 3,959 3,480 
			 Cheshire 1,440 1,408 1,645 1,579 1,598 2,307 2,011 1,506 1,807 2,426 
			 City of London 1,809 1,680 2,486 2,823 3,378 3,406 2,642 2,562 2,232 1,261 
			 Cleveland 1,159 1,339 1,917 1,493 2,129 2,762 2,199 1,297 2,409 2,883 
			 Cumbria 1,098 1,183 1,656 1,596 1,999 — 2,030 1,801 1,881 1,660 
			 Derbyshire 1,177 1,291 1,997 1,530 1,798 2,170 1,768 1,937 1,846 1,847 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1,269 1,347 1,612 1,700 2,610 2,110 1,710 1,836 1,949 1,880 
			 Dorset 1,251 1,236 1,417 1,513 1,649 2,085 1,970 2,499 2,130 2,298 
			 Durham 1,401 1,683 1,808 1,629 1,933 1,952 1,737 1,973 1,838 1,896 
			 Dyfed-Powys 1,431 1,501 1,542 1,629 1,912 2,171 1,561 1,669 1,842 2,305 
			 Essex 1,683 2,089 2,492 3,104 2,910 3,598 2,903 3,371 3,350 3,338 
			 Gloucestershire 1,435 1,654 2,188 1,983 1,992 2,753 2,795 2,154 2,535 2,214 
			 Greater Manchester 1,142 1,281 2,056 1,842 2,313 2,693 2,006 2,007 2,018 2,848 
			 Gwent 1,438 1,585 2,353 2,369 2,370 2,389 3,040 2,512 2,867 2,722 
			 Hampshire 1,743 2,111 2,396 2,079 2,491 3,334 2,645 3,189 3,018 3,237 
			 Hertfordshire 1,653 1,613 2,228 3,994 — 4,951 3,829 3,286 3,125 3,171 
			 Humberside 1,490 1,635 2,157 2,322 3,005 2,813 2,553 2,664 2,687 3,355 
			 Kent 1,529 1,633 2,092 2,166 2,236 3,070 2,731 2,762 3,180 3,332 
			 Lancashire 1,234 1,490 1,036 1,501 2,081 2,904 2,323 1,988 2,035 2,051 
			 Leicestershire 1,352 1,405 1,566 1,478 1,626 2,097 1,950 1,907 2,067 1,992 
			 Lincolnshire 1,489 1,429 2,089 2,641 2,111 2,670 1,796 2,326 1,921 1,825 
			 Merseyside 1,506 1,995 2,186 2,166 2,562 2,702 2,845 3,051 2,804 2,627 
			 Metropolitan Police 2,155 2,369 3,211 3,725 3,876 4,280 4,746 4,564 4,893 4,483 
			 Norfolk 2,277 1,977 2,674 2,786 2,632 2,646 2,437 2,616 2,358 2,167 
			 North Wales 1,313 1,288 1,717 1,849 1,898 2,288 2,524 2,123 2,481 1,711 
			 North Yorkshire 1,794 2,023 2,680 3,347 3,098 2,911 2,644 2,978 3,859 3,304 
			 Northamptonshire 507 579 562 580 — 684 332 740 555 209 
			 Northumbria 3,766 3,662 2,970 3,445 3,660 4,387 4,468 4,836 5,014 4,972 
			 Nottinghamshire 953 1,145 1,603 1,456 1,946 1,985 — 2,730 2,353 2,055 
			 South Wales 873 939 1,290 1,429 1,288 1,545 1,645 1,919 1,525 1,984 
			 South Yorkshire 1,792 1,795 1,963 1,772 — 2,531 2,388 2,733 2,900 2,951 
			 Staffordshire 1,393 1,460 — 2,150 2,390 3,554 2,834 2,636 2,655 2,293 
			 Suffolk 1,105 1,198 1,149 1,537 1,567 1,509 1,621 1,665 1,554 2,667 
			 Surrey — 1,528 2,406 2,817 2,746 3,300 2,978 3,256 3,301 3,306 
			 Sussex 1,292 1,253 — 5,108 2,858 2,108 2,667 2,924 2,698 2,352 
			 Thames Valley 2,005 1,833 2,058 2,241 3,255 3,191 3,001 3,060 2,871 3,759 
			 Warwickshire 1,163 1,485 1,746 1,971 1,956 2,278 1,951 2,261 3,023 3,108 
			 West Mercia 1,301 1,441 1,525 2,034 2,304 2,407 1,996 1,907 1,735 2,228 
			 West Midlands 1,217 1,437 1,344 1,580 — 2,466 2,146 2,283 2,917 2,480 
			 West Yorkshire 1,240 1,041 1,354 1,518 2,459 2,763 2,187 2,569 2,366 2,347 
			 Wiltshire 1,220 1,327 1,762 1,655 1,580 1,677 1,244 1,997 1,557 1,957 
			  Source: CIPFA Police Statistics: Actuals 2006-07 to 1997-98 / Home Office Police Officer Numbers